Burnseyy

I think I know a major problem with it. Today's day and age leads to a life of complacency for most people. We suffer the perpetual "fat and lazy" state of a power that hasn't been threatened for too long.

I mean, our medical advances have stopped a lot of killer diseases in their tracks. We don't worry about the environment except for major disastors(hurricanes/earthquakes/tsunamis). Other than "3rd world" countries, we don't have random killings from animals. And wars really don't get fought like in the days of the Romans. So, without the need to keep your wits about you on a day-to-day basis, our common sense kinda dies off, especially the older people get. They get so set in one routine that they don't pay attention to anything anymore.

In fact, we just got a weekly safety brief. A woman was driving through a construction zone where workers just fixed a water main. They had finished, filled the pit with cement, and were ready to lay plates over it. She drove past the guy directing traffic, through the cones, and right into the cement. If they hadn't poured it, she would have driven right in to the pit.

Sad. And I saw the picture at the scene...she was pissed off at the construction workers. *facepalms and sighs*

Ah well. I plan on not getting like that. I've got the concussions to ensure my common sense and situational awareness will not die off. Long story there, but in a nutshell, I've been very lucky so far, and plan on not being in a situation where my luck doesn't hold.